Water & Waste Water

Water & Waste Water

Our team have been able to focus on the major changes occurring in the water sector – with more regulation, formation of independent business units with the move to dissociate in many places from Municipal controls (even if ownership remains) and the onset of competition from independent developers and operators of embedded systems. The industry requires a whole new level of capability, analysis and strategic thinking as these changes take place and our team are well placed to meet this demand.

We have been undertaking assignments relevant to:

Pricing of water waste water services to customers, and for disaggregated water services (networks, bulk water, etc.)

Unbundling issues and transfer Pricing as well as regulatory constraints and developments and the impact of limited levels of competition

Reviews and advice on the regulatory treatment and submissions on operational and capital costs for regulated transmission and distribution assets

Assistance with the development, implementation and response to policy changes and regulatory developments and rule changes

Community and stakeholder consultations

Due diligence and related modelling for water and waste water assets and business -several have been undertaken

Restructuring of workforce to meet the regulatory and competitive challenges and meet stakeholder expectations

Extensive support with business strategy as changes occur

Support on analysing supply and treatment options subject to external scrutiny and review

Related Reports

Australian Energy Daily published the below article outlining that the retailer lobby group the Australian Energy Council has commissioned a report showing that most consumers would benefit more from a reference price than a default market offer. Read more here.

A new Oakley Greenwood report has found that the majority of customers in South Australia are not interested in paying more for higher levels of electricity supply reliability. The report quantified Australian customers’ willingness to pay for additional reliability in their electricity supply, and their willingness to subsidise improvements in areas that receive materially lower levels of supply…

Meet our experts

Greg has 40 years experience in the electricity sector and also in gas. Greg assists businesses and market authorities operating under a range of different industry structures and market designs used in Australia and internationally.

Lance has over 35 years of experience in policy, regulation and business strategy as it applies to electricity and gas distribution and retail businesses. Prior to founding Oakley Greenwood with his fellow directors, he served as Vice President with CRA International.

Jim spent 12 years in the Natural Gas Industry (AGL) holding several senior executive positions involved with the technical end use of energy, regulations and tariffs, contract pricing, analysis of energy projects investment, strategy, mergers and acquisitions and the promotion and marketing of energy.

Rohan Harris is an economist who has worked in the energy, water and consulting industries for more than 17 years. Rohan has significant experience in the areas of: tariff design; regulatory strategy and analysis; cost benefit analysis; energy and water policy; metering policy and regulatory issues; and gas, electricity and water demand forecasting.

Ed has extensive senior consulting experience in the development and delivery of strategic energy and carbon management programs across a wide range of sectors having operated in this space over the last 24 years.

Rohan has worked in the energy infrastructure industry for more than 30 years, including electricity distribution, electricity retail and gas distribution. He has experience in all aspects of energy distribution including design and construction, operations, commercial management, business and regulatory management and general management.

Emily Alford is based in Perth who has had a good background in the mining and energy utility sectors on both coasts – Synergy and Energex. Emily was also involved with various trading roles in London (Oil, Forex, Bonds), so brings considerable commercial experience to Oakley Greenwood as well as great managerial skills of major commercial projects.

Don Anderson has worked in the Australian Retail Energy Industry for the past 16 years. During this time he has held senior executive level positions in Sales, Marketing and Customer Operations with AGL, EnergyAustralia and TRUenergy.